Childhood is a time in our lives when we let imagination run freely through our days, shaping our world into a wonderland of our choosing. Sadly as "grown-ups" we tend to pack it away into a little box in the back of our minds and only pull it out for special occasions. That is one of the joys for me about getting to work with kids, I can keep my creative box unpacked and get to just be a big kid most of the time. I just hope I remember to keep doing this once I become a mom. Well...that was a bit of a rabbit trail to try and introduce our topic of daydream today, sorry about that. Anyways, today I want to take a look back to childhood, a look at one of the elements we all had or dreamed about having. Even many of us "big kids" wouldn't mind having one of these to escape to every now and again. I'm speaking, of course, about tree houses! Those simple constructions of boards and branches that can transform themselves into a wonderfully magical hideaway.
Growing up I had several tree houses in the empty lot next door. Most of them where built with much assistance from my dad, but as we grew older we started making our own places in different spots all over the lot. Now none of the ones I had growing up were nearly as glamorous as some of the ones that I have found while perusing Pinterest. I'm almost afraid to show any of these to my poor husband, I can just see the look of "oh crap" on his face trying to think of how he is going to pull something like that off one day! Hehe well, a girl can dream ^_^
Talk about a magical hide away! This one looks like someone stuck a castle in a tree!
Now this one looks more like the ones that I had as a kid, only ours didn't last long enough to get painted. We would usually try and change things up too much to make them all pretty.
Now here is a much more adult spin on the classic hideaway! Who wouldn't love to escape here for a bit of peace and quiet? I would love to have a place like this to get away and write or create.
Now this is a tree house! An antique, attic style tree house that would be perfect for a quiet weekend getaway.
Now this one's fun! Literately a house within a tree. I couldn't find any pictures of the top or inside sadly :-(
Ooo, a tree/guest house now how much fun would that be?
Now here is an interesting concept, a tree village. I would love to know how these were made!
A little bit of a twist on the tree house here, more like a nest but it looks like it would be a great little reading nook.
Now more of a twig house, but this is soo cool looking! Here it was used for a wedding but this would be a great playhouse for kids or a novelty in your garden. I would just love to have a place like this with morning glories growing up the side of it.
Now even our furry "kids" can get in on the fun. I know my little girl would go crazy for a house like this! Wonder if I can talk hubby into building something like this >_>
I have finally gotten around getting all the photos of the house uploaded onto the computer so be expecting posts on the house sometime this week.
~Tootles!
I have finally gotten around getting all the photos of the house uploaded onto the computer so be expecting posts on the house sometime this week.
~Tootles!
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